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Apple core — An apple core is the center part of an apple. When an apple is consumed, often the core is not eaten as it is woodier, contains seeds, and is sometimes less sweet. This remaining part is then discarded.The Apple Corps company name is a… … Wikipedia

apple core — noun The central portion of an apple containing the seeds and where the stem attaches (and the opposed end). Particularly the portion that remains after the main part of the fruit has been eaten … Wiktionary

apple core — Cockney Rhyming Slang Score I gave me last apple to that old paraffin … English dialects glossary

apple-core — adj. describing the characteristic radiographic appearance of a stricture of the bowel resulting from the presence of a malignant tumour. The bowel is narrow with an irregular outline and the ends of the stricture are ‘shouldered’ – the angle… … The new mediacal dictionary